On the way into the Great Hall for the Begining of Term feast, Marie could only think of her mother asking her numerous times why she was wearing her heels in such a weird day when she'd be carrying her trunk and walking a lot. But the only thing that made her feel satisfied about it was the response she'd give her. Because she needed them, and because they didn't bother her until...she entered the place.

She found a seat almost at the back of the hall and then looked at the main table at the front, where the professors and headmaster soon would fill it up.